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Bills and Payments Basics

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Managing Your Student Account

Bills and Payments Basics is intended to guide you through the most common things you'll do when managing your student account at Columbia.

This step-by-step guide provides essential information about:

  • the billing schedule,
  • using Student Services Online (SSOL),
  • reading your account statement,
  • paying your bill,
  • how unpaid bills are handled,
  • your options for managing payments, and
  • authorizing a parent to pay bills.
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